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- English Word Phonolite Definition A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite, hauynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when struck; -- called also clinkstone.
- English Word Phonologer Definition A phonologist.
- English Word Phonologic Definition Alt. of Phonological
- English Word Phonological Definition Of or pertaining to phonology.
- English Word Phonologist Definition One versed in phonology.
- English Word Phonology Definition The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds.
- English Word Phonometer Definition An instrument for measuring sounds, as to their intensity, or the frequency of the vibrations.
- English Word Phonomotor Definition An instrument in which motion is produced by the vibrations of a sounding body.
- English Word Phonorganon Definition A speaking machine.
- English Word Phonoscope Definition An instrument for observing or exhibiting the motions or properties of sounding bodies; especially, an apparatus invented by Konig for testing the quality of musical strings.
- English Word Phonoscope Definition An instrument for producing luminous figures by the vibrations of sounding bodies.
- English Word Phonotypic Definition Alt. of Phonotypical
- English Word Phonotypical Definition Of or pertaining to phonotypy; as, a phonotypic alphabet.
- English Word Phonotypist Definition One versed in phonotypy.
- English Word Phonotypr Definition A type or character used in phonotypy.
- English Word Phonotypy Definition A method of phonetic printing of the English language, as devised by Mr. Pitman, in which nearly all the ordinary letters and many new forms are employed in order to indicate each elementary sound by a separate character.
- English Word Phorminx Definition A kind of lyre used by the Greeks.
- English Word Phormium Definition A genus of liliaceous plants, consisting of one species (Phormium tenax). See Flax-plant.
- English Word Phorone Definition A yellow crystalline substance, having a geraniumlike odor, regarded as a complex derivative of acetone, and obtained from certain camphor compounds.
- English Word Phoronis Definition A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva (Actinotrocha) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis.